*S1 EP7 (2023 Series) An Adoption Story:* Katya Reach was adopted from an orphanage in Donetsk, Ukraine at the age of four years old by her American parents.
She was raised in Kansas to then moving to Oklahoma to study. She now lives her life in Tyler, Texas for her graduate studies. Katya has always wanted to learn more about her birth family growing up.
And with her parents support, she started to make discoveries with the little pieces of information that she was given when she was adopted.
Katya is also part of many online adoption communities, helping raise awareness through her online writings and blog including with our very own, I'm Adopted community.
This is her story.
// Watch more An Adoption Story Episodes for the 2023 Series //
EP 12 - Felicita: [ Ссылка ]
EP 11 - Marina: [ Ссылка ]
EP 10 - Ivan: [ Ссылка ]
EP 9 - Nina: [ Ссылка ]
EP 8 - Zachary-Victor: [ Ссылка ]
EP 7 - Katya Reach: Watching Now!
EP 6 - Alexei D’Ath: [ Ссылка ]
EP 5 - Vanya: [ Ссылка ]
EP 4 - Alex Kuch: [ Ссылка ]
EP 3 - Anya: [ Ссылка ]
EP 2 - Vika: [ Ссылка ]
EP 1 - Alexei: [ Ссылка ]
You can now watch the new 2024 series over on my YouTube channel!
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This 2023 series of an Adoption story is proudly supported by MyHeritage.
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Welcome! Here on my channel I share my journey, topics for adoptees, my vlogs, and support for others adopted, including their stories and journeys with my An Adoption Story series.
As a Russian-New Zealand adoptee, adopted at the age of two from an orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia, I share what I've been learning on my journey with my upbringing here in New Zealand, my current life, and how I connected with my birth family. I also share what my bloodline means for me with those connections from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
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00:00 Introduction
03:55 Growing Up
06:42 Talking with Katyas Parents
10:05 Going Through Emotional Regulation
13:25 Studying and Helping Others
16:07 Finding Birth Family in Ukraine
19:30 Parents Support with Searching
21:38 Calling Katyas Birth Mother in Ukraine
23:44 Awareness in the Adoption Community
27:17 Life in Texas
29:26 Advice for Others Adopted
31:29 What's Next
